Ariba Network Buyer

A Single Point of Contact to Manage All Your Supplier Interactions

The Ariba Network™ is one of the world’s largest, open, business-transacting networks, with more than 100,000 e-enabled vendors transacting with hundreds of the world’s largest buying organizations. By providing a single point of integration to trade globally in real time, the Ariba Network gives buying organizations a powerful solution to efficiently manage supplier interactions across the spend management lifecycle—resulting in immediate bottom line savings.

Adding up the Benefits

The extensive resources and functionality provided by Ariba Network give buying organizations the following advantages:

Significant savings compared to building a corporate portal and managing multiple, point-to-point connections
Rapid supplier enablement and lower supplier support costs
Better procurement process control and efficiency
Support for global transactions across many formats, multiple languages and currencies, and a wide range of commodity categories

Benefits to Buying Organizations

Supplier Enablement

Multiple levels of supplier integration via a web-based interface (HTML), email, fax, or automated access via cXML and EDI
A range of supplier registration options, including online self service or bulk ramp
Extensive online documentation, training, and testing tools

Supplier Discovery and Sourcing

A searchable supplier profile to find qualified suppliers
Public catalog search for reviewing supplier offerings
The ability to publish category-specific sourcing events (RFXs)*
A supplier contact manager that identifies appropriate supplier contacts

Order Routing and Management

Order routing in supplier-defined formats: cXML, EDI (ANSI x12, EDIFACT), web-based interface (HTML), email, or fax
The ability to send electronic change orders and cancellations
The ability to receive order confirmations and advanced shipping notices

Catalog Management

Automated loading and updating of catalogs by suppliers
Catalog validation and notifications to ensure catalog accuracy
Support for multiple catalog formats: CIF, cXML, and Excel
The ability to integrate with a supplier’s eCommerce storefront via Ariba PunchOut

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